Bob Howland

I'm betting the 300c post is a last minute play for page views by the cr guy. No way its only gonna be 1080p at that price and with red releasing a cam the same day.

At what price? Also have you looked at the specifications and pricing of Canon's XF305? Granted that camcorder includes a lens, reportedly a very good lens, but this camcorder has a much larger sensor. 4K may be the preferrred capture and postproduction resolution for feature films shown on giant screens but, for HDTV, it may be overkill. Also, 4K capture, especially raw capture, requires fast and expensive memory. If Canon has decided to again use inexpensive CF memory, then 1920X1080 makes sense.

I'm betting the 300c post is a last minute play for page views by the cr guy. No way its only gonna be 1080p at that price and with red releasing a cam the same day.

At what price? Also have you looked at the specifications and pricing of Canon's XF305? Granted that camcorder includes a lens, reportedly a very good lens, but this camcorder has a much larger sensor. 4K may be the preferrred capture and postproduction resolution for feature films shown on giant screens but, for HDTV, it may be overkill. Also, 4K capture, especially raw capture, requires fast and expensive memory. If Canon has decided to again use inexpensive CF memory, then 1920X1080 makes sense.

Everywhere I've seen has said $10k-$15k. The Scarlett or whatever Red announces today shoots higher than 1080 for sure and they were talking about $7k - $10k for that. Not to mention they are releasing it in Hollywood and having some of the big shots there, so I'm pretty sure this camera is "for feature films on giant screens." You think those people are going to be impressed by a camera like the one described in the last rumor?

Point and shoots and iPhones shoot 1080p, it just seems like any pro cam at that price that has to stay relevant for a while is going to need to do something better.

I dont care if it's 1080p if they make some HUGE improvements somehow in terms of quality.

I dont care if it's 1080p if they make some HUGE improvements somehow in terms of quality.

Yes. Actually not that many films are finished in 4k... Most are still 2k. Lots of major films (Captain America, Avengers, Transformers 3, etc.) shot at 1080p or 2k.

The vast majority of new TV shows (maybe an exaggeration) are shot on the Alexa in prores, because the format is easy to ingest. How many still photographers distribute their images as raw files? Prores log-c plus custom LUT provides the built in "look" the cinematographer wants, but also with substantial room to grade.